Supporting and anchoring means for wire lathing



May 18, 1937. 1 G. H; REED 2,080,876 I SUPPORTING AND ANCHORING MEANS FOR WIRE LATHING' Filed Oct. 15, 1936 Patented May 18, 1937 SUPPORTING AND ANCHORING MEANS FOR- WIRE LATHING GeorgeI-l. Reed, Chicago, Ill.,' assignor to Universal Form Clamp (30., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application October 15, 1936, Serial No. 105,642

6 Claims.

'Ihe main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of furring and more particularly to provide an improved furring for supporting and anchoring wire lathing to a wall of concrete or the like; to provide an improved furring which is adapted to reinforce the wire lathing so as to prevent warping or buckling of the latter; to provide a construction of supporting and anchoring means by which the wire lat-hing may be easily mounted at any desired distance from the wall to which it is applied; and to provide an improved furring of this kind which is sturdy and inexpensive and which may be readily applied even by unskilled labor.

Illustrative embodiments of this invention, applicable to both concrete and brick walls, are shown in' the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary vertical section of a concrete wall and form, showing the anchor member embedded in the wall and nailed to the form.-

Fig. 2 is a similar view enlarged, showing the form removed and the furring and wire lathing applied.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the anchor member shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

' Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the tie band that is adjustably mounted in the lower limb of the anchor member.

Fig.5 is a perspective view of a wedge used for securing the tie band in the anchor member.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a brick wall showing a modified form of anchor member embedded therein. 2

Fig. 8 is a perspective detail view of the anchor member appearing in Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawing, and first describing the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, l designates 2. fr? gment of a concrete wall and H a vertical wall of the form in which the concrete is poured. A horizontal series of spaced V-shaped anchor members preferably bent to shape from flattened tubular sections are secured to the inner face of the wall before the concrete is poured. Each of these anchor members comprises a horizontal limb l2 having on its free end a nailing flange l3 and an inclined limb l4 having on its free end a nailing flange IS. The flanges l3 and I5 are secured to'the wall II by nails IS. The free end of the limb I2 is open and lies substantially flush with the outer face of the wall I0.

After the concrete wall has set and the form wall II has been removed, as shown in Fig. 2, a flat metal strip ll constituting a tie band is inserted part way into the hollow limb l2, and is secured in set position by a wedge l8 driven into the hollow limb l2 beneath the tie band H. The

outer end of the tie band l1 has an upstanding wall l9 preferably integral therewith, and spot welded or otherwise secured to the tie band is a companion wall 20, the two walls l9 and 20 forming a seat for a furring bar 2|. The upper portions l9 and 20' of the walls l9 and 20 are made slightly convergent to thereby lock the furring bar 2| against vertical displacement.

22 designates the wire lathing of the facing which, as shown in Fig. 6, lies in contact with the outer edges of the furring bars 2| and is attached to the latter at intervals by tie wires 23.

Figs. '7 and 8 illustrate a modification in the form of the anchor member by which the described furring may be readily applied to a brick wall. Here the anchor member consists of a straight tubular section 24, preferably of flattened form and of a length substantially equal to the width of a brick of the wall, as shown in.

Fig. 7. On the ends of the anchor piece 24 are upper and lower rectangular flanges 25 and 26 respectively, which, when the body of the anchor member is laid between relatively superposed rows of bricks, overlap the side edges of the bricks and thus prevent the anchor member from pulling out. The tie band I1 and wedge keys l8 are applied to this anchor member in the same way as above described in connection with Figs. 1 to 6 inelusive.

An important advantage of the described structure lies in the fact that it permits the facing to be built at any desired spacing from the main wall within the longitudinal limits of the tie bands H. In erecting the furring, the several tie bands are, first entered into their respective anchors at equal distances, and the wedge keys l8 are then driven in to lock them in the set position.

Variations in the structural details may be resorted to within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class de'scribed'for anchoring a facing to a wall, a plurality of hollow anchor members adapted to be embedded in the wall and having open ends substantially flush with the face of the wall, tie bands insertable into said anchor members and projecting beyond said face, means for locking said tie bands insaid anchor members at any point lengthwise of the latter, clips on the projecting portions of said tie bands, reinforcing bars seated on said clips, and fastening means cooperating with said reinforcing bars for attaching the latter to the facing.

2. In a device of the class described for an- 5 choring a facing to a wall, a plurality of hollow anchor members adapted to be embedded in the wall and having open ends substantially flush with the face of the wall, tie bands insertable into said anchor members and projecting bel0 yond said face, wedges for adjustably locking said tie bands in said anchor members, clips carried by the projecting ends of said tie bands, reinforcing bars seated on said clips, and fastening means cooperating with said reinforcing bars for attaching the latter to the facing.

3. In a device of the class described for anchoring a facing to a concrete wall, a plurality of V-sl'iaped anchor members adapted to be embedded in the wall, each of said members having a hollow'limb with an open end thereof substantially flush with the face of the wall and both limbs having end flanges adapted to be nailed to a wall of a form in which the concrete wall is cast, tie bands insertable endwise into said hollow limbs and projecting beyond said face, means for locking said tie bands in said hollow limbs at any point lengthwise of the latter, clips on the projecting portions of said tie bands, reinforcing bars seated on said clips, and fastening means cooperating with said reinforcing bars for-attaching the latter to the facing.

4. In a. device of the class described for anchoring a facing to a concrete wall, a plurality of V-shaped anchor members adapted to be embedded in the wall, each of said members having a hollow limb with an open end thereof substantially flush with the face of the wall and both limbs having end flanges adapted to be nailed to a wall of a form in which the concrete wall is cast, tie bands insertable into said hollow limbs and projecting beyond said face, wedges for adjustably locking said tie bands in said hollow limbs, clips carried by the projecting ends of said tie bands, reinforcing bars seated on said clips, and fastening means cooperating with said reinforcing bars for attaching the latter to the facing.

5. In a device of the class described for anchoring' a facing to a brick wall, a plurality of straight tubular anchor members adapted to be embedded in the wall between relatively superposed rows of bricks, each of said members having an open end substantially flush with the face of the wall, tie bands insertable into said anchor members and projecting beyond said face, means for adjustably locking said tie bands in said anchor members, clips on the projecting portions of said tie bands, reinforcing bars seated on said clips, and fastening means cooperatingwith said reinforcing bars for attaching the. latter to the facing.

6. In a device of the class described for anchoring a facing to a brick wall, a plurality of straight flat tubular anchor members of a length substantially equal to the width of a brick of said wall adapted to be embedded in the wall between relatively superposed rows of bricks and having end flanges overlapping the edges of the bricks between which they lie, tie bands insertable into said anchor members and projecting beyond the face of the wall, wedges for adjustably locking said tie bands in said anchor members, clips carried by the projecting ends of said tie bands, reinforcing bars seated on said clips, and

fastening means cooperating with said reinforcing bars for attaching the latter to the facing.

GEORGE H. REED. 

